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Table 1 Mean and standard deviation of attitude test questionaries

From: Nurses’ attitudes towards the nursing profession and associated factors in selected public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021: a cross-sectional study

Questioners (characteristics)

Mean

SD

Respectful profession

3.78

1.02

A well appreciated profession in the society

2.69

1.07

A Women’s profession

2.39

1.03

Similar to that of the servants’ job.

2.45

1.02

An occupation and not a profession

1.69

0.93

A prestigious profession

3.56

1.08

A creative profession

3.37

1.01

An extremely hard profession that does not receive enough appreciation

3.79

1.25

An essential profession in any society

3.77

1.00

Nursing is a human profession

3.88

1.20

An independent profession by which nurses make decisions for themselves

3.51

1.12

Provide self-actualization

2.90

1.23

Nurses obey doctors’ orders without questioning them.

2.72

1.18

A. Nursing is a holy profession

3.01

1.00

Nurses waste a lot of time being busy doing nothing.

1.95

1.21

I would like my child to become a nurse

2.27

1.07

Easily anyone could be a nurse

2.29

1.00

Actually, equal to other professions

2.59

1.29

  1. Key: SD Standard Deviation